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Fuedalism-Protestant Reformation
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9th Grade
10/12/2009

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Compass
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Chinese invention; told them direction way they were traveling
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Gunpowder
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invented by the Chinese; didn't have a reason to use it till they traveled. When their emenies knew that they had this advantage, they worked on getting the same thing to help them win battles.
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Number Zero
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Invented by the muslims; paved the way for many more contributions in Mathematics. Allowed math to develop because without the number zero, you can't have math.
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Preserve Ancient Greek and Roman Texts
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Kept the tradition alive and let new generation learn from the Ancient Greek and Romans. The new generation followed this way of life to keep the culture alive.
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Make Sturdy Bells
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 Made by the Chinese. Used them for special ceremonies.
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Block Printing
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Invented by the Chinese. It used blocks of wood to print textiles of literature. It was cited as one of the greatest inventions for world civilization.

 

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Printing Press
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It allowed people to make copies of literature, espiecally the Bible, so now they would be able to spread the religion to show people about the religion.
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Silk
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 What the clothes were made of in acient civilization. Pope wore finest silk.
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 Invent Algebra
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Muslim contribution; couldn't have invented it without the number zero. Based on the number zero. It develop more and more till what we have today and even today, there are still more contributions being added today.
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Abacus
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the first calculator.
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